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|57 = '''Truth . . . never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him who brought her forth.'''<br />
|57 = '''Truth . . . never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him who brought her forth.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[John Milton]]<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[John Milton]]<br />
|58 = '''Push yourself to the limit as often as possible.'''<br />
|58 = '''Nous nageons tous dans une mer dont nous n'avons jamais vu le rivage.  Malheur à ceux qui se battent en nageant.''' (We are all swimming in a sea whose shore we have never seen.  Ill luck to those who fight while swimming.)<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://deshoda.com/words/truisms/ Truisms]<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Voltaire]]<br />
|59 = '''Potential counts for nothing until it’s realized.'''<br />
|59 = '''Potential counts for nothing until it’s realized.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://deshoda.com/words/truisms/ Truisms]<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://deshoda.com/words/truisms/ Truisms]<br />

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Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.
Daniel Boorstin

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